People
Agencies losing cyberspace race
From the vantage point of Capitol Hill, members of Congress are watching the race to cyberspace, and they see the government trailing far behind the commercial sector, according to a panel of congressional staffers.
People
VA's CIO leaving for private sector
Harold Gracey, the acting chief information officer for the Department of Veterans Affairs, is retiring June 1 following a 30year government career
People
Flexibility, funds wanted for work force
Greater flexibility and a bigger budget to recruit and retain IT workers will make it easier to find and keep the right people in today's tight labor market, a Senate subcommittee was told
Digital Government
System Mechanic makes a handy helper
Once upon a time, you could hire a single guru to take care of all your data processing needs. Today, most agencies and departments need a team of specialists: one person who specializes in Web design, another who specializes in networks, and so on.
People
Cities populating World Wide Web
Cities are quickly joining the electronic government craze by providing information and services online, an informal National League of Cities poll has found.
Modernization
Telecommuting incentive sought
A Virginia congressman has asked the president to sign a new executive order to expand the use of telecommuting for federal workers in the Washington, D.C., area
Acquisition
SAIC cornering NASA headquarters biz
A $54 million contract awarded to Science Applications International Corp. for information technology services gives the company all the IT business at NASA's Washington, D.C., headquarters
Digital Government
States struggling with welfare reform
A U.S. General Accounting Office report recommends forming a federal interagency group to help states improve the systems
People
HUD setting up data warehouse
To better manage lowincome housing nationwide, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has hired MicroStrategy Inc. to develop a data warehouse
Modernization
Qwest offers Web-based management
Qwest Communications International Inc. has unveiled a unified set of Webbased tools to manage nearly all of their telecommunications services
Digital Government
Washington coalition attacks Internet crime
Federal, state and local law enforcement agencies in Washington have joined together to fight Internet crime, saying each agency alone does not have the expertise or resources to respond to Internet complaints.
Digital Government
Civil GPS accuracy boosted
President Clinton on Monday delivered on a promise to improve the accuracy of the Global Positioning System to civil users
Digital Government
Company donates tech to Indian schools
Native American Systems Inc. has donated $100,000 in equipment and services to bring Internet access to American Indian schools in remote parts of the country
People
Roster Change
Paul Domich last month was named acting director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Boulder, Colo., laboratories.
Modernization
Congress puts brakes on Navy intranet
The Senate Armed Services Committee today plans to introduce an amendment to the fiscal 2001 Defense authorization bill that may fundamentally alter the Navy's plan for its $16 billion Navy/Marine Corps Intranet program, FCW has learned
Digital Government
Medical record regs reviewed
The Department of Health and Human Services is reviewing 52,000 letters commenting on HHS' proposed regulations to protect the privacy of electronic medical records
Digital Government
Fedwire
The Agriculture Department has become the first federal agency to give toplevel employees the option of filing their annual financial disclosure forms over the Internet.
Digital Government
Oklahoma Invites Students to Play Games
An interactive software program that combines music, video and computers will be used to challenge Oklahoma students to think about the consequences of their actions.
Acquisition